JOURNAL

COMPARASION OF QUALITY OF LIFE BETWEEN MYOPIC PATIENTS WITH

SPECTACLES AND CONTAC LENSES, AND PATIENTS WHO HAVE
UNDERGONE REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Oleh :
Muhammad Fakhri Al-Khairi, S.Ked
Konsulen :
dr. Rahmat Syuhada, Sp.M

KEPANITERAAN KLINIK ILMU KESEHATAN MATA

FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN UNIVERSITAS MALAHAYATI
RS PERTAMINA BINTANG AMIN BANDAR LAMPUNG
TAHUN 2016

INTRODUCTION
The

sense of sight in humans is usually taken as the most importan

factor for comperhending and receiving information from the
environment and, in turn, plays an important fole in regulating most
human activities and behaviors
Revractive error, after cataract, is the second reason for blindness
among different age groups, and it can also cause visual impairment.
Uncorrected refractive error can lead to problems in a persons quality
of life related to vision and makes it difficult for them to do taks
pertinent to it.

INTRODUCTION

Myopia in
women is higher
then men
Whites skin is
higher then
blacks skin

INTRODUCTION
Refractive

error surgery
decreases myopic subjects
dependence on spectacles or
contac lenses.
LASIK (Laser in situ
They generally

entail three
Photorefractive
keratectomy
methods

Keratomileusis)
LASEK ( Laser sub
Epithelial
Keratomileusis)
PRK ( Photo
Refractive
Keratectomy)

INTRODUCTION
The

result of refractive surgery has

usually by scientific standard clinical
measurements such as uncorected
visual acuity after surgery and
remaining refractive error.
Evaluating the quality of life related to
refractive error and vision
performance based on patient views
has increased in recent decades.
The quality of life has been introduced
as one of the most important indices
to evaluate healt, welfare, social, and
rehabilitation programs.

The AIM
The

purpose of the current

study is to make a
comparison between the
quality of life of myopic
subjects who have
undergone refravtife surgery
and those wearing spectacles
or contact lenses and also to
compare the quality of life of
these two groups with that of
emmetropes.

Methods

RESULT
Tabel

1 represents the basic information of

the participants. Based on the study results,
a higher percentage of women had
undergone refractive surgery.

RESULT
The

same figures are shown in

Table 2

RESULT
Table

3 presents the results of

Kruskal-Wallis test

DISCUSSION
The

vision related quality of life of myopic

subjects who had undergone refractive surgery
was better than that of those who wore
spectacles or contact lenses (p 0.001)
The persons who had undergone refractive
surgery have a better quality of life and also
more favorable mental and social performances.
Emmetropes have better quality of life than
persons who had undergone refractive surgery
(p 0.001)

DISCUSSION
The

difference of percentage
between women and men might
be because of the cosmetic effect
of refractive surgery and lack of
need of myopic subjects to wear
spectacles after the surgery,
which has caused women to be
more intersted in this type of
surgery.

CONCLUSION
The

quality of life of the myopic subjects

who had undergone the refractive surgery
is better than those who had worn
spectacles or contact lenses. Although
the quality of life of the person who had
undergone refractive surgery was lower
than that of emmetropes, refractive
surgery leads to an improvement in the
quality of life of myopic subjects.